Ukrainian National Sentenced to 5 Years in North Korea IT Worker Fraud Case
Ravie LakshmananFeb 20, 2026Cybercrime / Law Enforcement A 29-year-old Ukrainian national has been sentenced to five years in prison in the U.S. for his role…
Ravie LakshmananFeb 20, 2026Cybercrime / Law Enforcement A 29-year-old Ukrainian national has been sentenced to five years in prison in the U.S. for his role…
Chrome 0-day Vulnerability PoC A public proof-of-concept exploit has been released for CVE-2026-2441, a critical use-after-free zero-day vulnerability in Google Chrome’s Blink CSS engine that…
Ploutus malware is powering a new wave of “jackpotting” attacks that drain U.S. ATMs without needing a bank card, customer account, or bank authorization, prompting…
Google prevented more than 1.75 million policy-violating apps from being published on Google Play and banned over 80,000 developer accounts that attempted to publish harmful…
The Hacker NewsFeb 20, 2026Cyber Insurance / Password Security With one in three cyber-attacks now involving compromised employee accounts, insurers and regulators are placing far…
French national bank authority confirmed a major data breach affecting 1.2 million bank accounts after a malicious actor stole credentials belonging to a government official…
Artificial intelligence is no longer a future-facing concept; it is actively reshaping cyber risk, regulatory enforcement, and enterprise security strategy in real time. This week’s The Cyber…
The FBI warned that Americans lost more than $20 million last year amid a massive surge in ATM “jackpotting” attacks, in which criminals use malware…
A 19 February 2026 FBI FLASH (FLASH-20260219-001) warns banks and ATM operators about a rise in malware-enabled “jackpotting,” where criminals exploit physical access and software…
Ukrainian national Oleksandr Didenko, 29, was sentenced in U.S. District Court to 5 years in prison for an identity theft scheme that enabled North Korean…
Attackers are running paid Facebook ads that look like official Microsoft promotions, then directing users to near-perfect clones of the Windows 11 download page. Click…
The India AI Impact Summit 2026 opened with a clear and urgent message from global technology leaders: artificial intelligence is evolving at a pace that…